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Ram Piara Saraf
R. P. Saraf, full name Ram Piara Saraf, (1924 – 24 June 2009) was a Kashmiri politician. In 1952, Saraf was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir from the Kadal constituency. He was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly for ten years. In 1958, he co founded the Democratic National Conference. Saraf was a leader in the early years of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). In Kashmir the entire Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) organization had gone with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI(ML)). At the CPI(ML) party congress in 1970 Saraf was elected to the Central Committee. The formerly CPI(M) local organ ''Jammu Sandesh'' became the regional CPI(ML) publication. In 1986, Saraf founded his own splinter group, the Internationalist Democratic Party. Two former Members of the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract. Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang to the northeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east (both parts of China), by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, by Pakistan to the west, and by Afghanistan to the northwest. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, ... The southern and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
